On Thu, 3 Jul 1997, John L. Walker wrote:
>
> Also managed to remove the gas tank-- and clean it. Everything looks
> fine about the tank, except for evidence of two small patches. I used
> the gas that was siphoned out to clean the outside-- which reminds me,
> gasoline dissolved asphalt undercoating. Someone asked about this, but I
> realise that gasoline is NOT really a safe product to be rubbing all over
> your car.
>
> Anyway, I've been up to my eyelids in gas fumes all day and wish I could
> think more straight %-)
>
> -Malcolm, now with loads of trunk space
>
Malcolm... glad to know you suvived the "ordeal"... We were quite
concerned about your well being and the mention of using the shop vac
to clean the lumpy stuff out of your gas tank...:)
Ya know shop vacs used thusly have been used for uears as orbital
insertion devices...
Greg Petrolati
gpetrola@prairienet.org 1962 TR4 (CT4852L)
"That's not a leak... My car is just marking its territory!"
Greg Petrolati, Champaign, Illinois
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